Caved Road in Dadar Creates Traffic Chaos

A road caved in at Kismat junction on Veer Savarkar Marg in Dadar, Mumbai, trapping a car's tyre in a 3 feet X 5 feet crater. Traffic was briefly disrupted as police and locals pulled out the car. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation stated the cave-in was due to leakage in a 66-inch underground pipeline. Repairs are underway, but water supply will be affected.

A road caved in at an intersection in Dadar, central Mumbai, on Thursday, trapping a car's tyre in the crater, according to civic officials.

No one was injured in the incident, which occurred around 11.30 am at the busy Kismat junction on Veer Savarkar Marg in Dadar West, they said. The cave-in created a 3 feet X 5 feet crater.

Traffic police, with the help of locals, managed to pull out the car from the crater after the cave-in, briefly disrupting vehicular movement in Dadar. A video purportedly showing the incident surfaced on social media.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a statement that the road caved due to leakage from a 66-inch underground pipeline.

The leakage was on the lower part of the pipeline, which was noticed after the crater was deepened through digging as part of repair efforts, they said.

The pipeline repair was delayed due to the scheduled water supply in the locality, the statement said, adding it was finally undertaken in the evening.

The repairs will take time, and during this period, water supply to the area will remain affected, the civic body added.

The visuals showed a steel grey car's front left tyre stuck in a crater a few feet deep, with locals swarming the spot, taking videos and photos on mobile phones.

(With inputs from agencies.)